Silver Spring, MD (Tuesday, May 3, 2022) 鈥� In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month 2022, observed annually in May, 扒哥黑料 and partners are proud to present educators, students, and families a diverse array of dynamic digital resources supporting the mental health of students everywhere.听听
Centered this year on the theme 鈥淭ogether for Mental Health,鈥� Mental Health Awareness Month supports all forms of mental wellness. The following resources created in collaboration with social impact partners support students’ wellness through family and educator empowerment:听听
Professional Development Content
Deepen educator capacity around social-emotional learning (SEL) and its various applications in a variety of learning environments with professional learning resources from the , a network of partners committed to bringing critical, culturally relevant social-emotional learning resources into core instruction to support educators and students nationwide.听听
Foster a SEL-focused teaching strategy with designed to strengthen understanding of trauma-informed educational practices and policies that foster a student-centered learning environment from 鈥� a unique educational initiative that enhances teacher performance and student outcomes through improved stress-management skills and greater overall social-emotional learning from Kaiser Permanente, Alliance for a Healthier Generation (Healthier Generation), and 扒哥黑料.听
Family Resources
Families play a critical role in children’s wellness. With from 鈥� an initiative from Dove Self-Esteem Project and 扒哥黑料 鈥� parents and caretakers can play an active role in听social-emotional learning, health, and confidence-building for students at critical developmental ages.听听
Classroom Activities
Empower students to raise their voice for social change through the fourth annual . Students aged 13-18 can win $6,000 for submitting a project demonstrating how testimony can create a community that is stronger than hate. Submissions are due May 26th. The Stronger Than Hate Challenge听demonstrates the power of learning from the past and raising one鈥檚 voice to counter hate. The Challenge is presented by USC Shoah Foundation (USC Shoah Foundation) and 扒哥黑料, the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place.听
Users of 扒哥黑料鈥檚 K-12 platform can discover all this content and more in the SEL Center located within the 扒哥黑料 K-12 learning platform. Created by the SEL Coalition, the Social-Emotional Learning Center presents a curated collection of hundreds of resources designed to support educators as they integrate SEL into core instruction and help students develop social and emotional competencies. The SEL Center includes resources focused on educator professional development and school culture including microlearnings, instructional strategies and ready-to-use slide shows. Designed for all K-12 students and educators, the Center features multi-modal, student-facing digital content aligned to the five SEL competencies from Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and includes Virtual Field Trips, videos, podcasts, mindfulness exercises, songs, and reading passages.听听
The SEL Center is made possible in part through partnerships with . The SEL Center resources feature 扒哥黑料 original resources, content from trusted partners like CASEL, Inner Explorer, and Everyday Speech, as well as content created in partnership with The Allstate Foundation, and Ask, Listen, Learn.听
鈥淭丑别 reports that 37% of youth have had poor mental health since 2020,鈥� said Beth Meyer, Vice President of Social Impact at 扒哥黑料. 鈥淭his data points to the fact that we are at a critical point in K-12 education right now regarding the challenge of student mental wellness.听 Partnerships for creating resources supporting student mental wellness鈥� like those featured here 鈥� are more important than ever, and we all have a role in supporting this important work.鈥澨�听
For more information about 扒哥黑料鈥檚 digital resources and professional learning services, visit鈥�www.discoveryeducation.com and stay connected with 扒哥黑料 on social media through鈥� 补苍诲鈥�.鈥�听
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